What Ever Happened To The D.O.T. Air Pressure Maintain Requirement?
 

I remember when going to truck driving school in 1991, there was a D.O.T. requirement for a vehicle to maintain air pressure; i.e. you applied something like 30 PSI brake pressure, and vehicle main tank pressures should drop no more than X number of PSI in one minute's time.

My new (2006) Volvo does not have a gauge for main air pressure tanks nor for applied brake pressure either!!! :oops:

Without those gauges, there is no way to verify D.O.T. compliance (if it still exists, that is).

What is up with that? :eek1:

393.51(c)(1)(2)

CSA2010 points 4 x(3) 12
Kind of fits in with the shape of the other truck.

What does this statement mean? :confused:

All kinds of mechanical/electrical violations on the old one and proud of the lack of repair.

Violations? I passed my latest D.O.T. Inspection with flying colors, and my current Inspection was still current. You are simply blowing hot air! :lol:

You dont have any air gauges? Hows that possible?

Vehicle is not so equipped from the factory. All it has is an audible & visual alarm when air drops below acceptable (probably 60 PSI).

They probably figure the average idiot from a three-week truck driving school would only get confused if he has too many gauges!!!

Sounds like that truck fell into the hands of the right person then. :lol:

Nothing could be further (or is it farther?) from the truth. I attended Mid Florida Tech in Orlando from sometime in October, 1991 to near the end of December, a full 8 week grueling course, where each & every pupil personally drove a minimum of 2,000 road miles each. We took trips to south Florida, NE FL, SW FL, and an overnight trip trip to the panhandle. :clap: